List of idioms start with F

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  • Face like thunder

    Meaning : If someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry.

  • Face only a mother could love

    Meaning : This is a humoristic way of saying that someone is ugly or not attractive.

  • Face that would stop a clock

    Meaning : Someone who has a face that would stop a clock has a shockingly unattractive face.

  • Face the music

    Meaning : If you have to face the music, you have to accept the unpleasant consequences of your actions.

  • Face to face

    Meaning : Personally

  • Face up to something

    Meaning : Accept

  • Face value

    Meaning : If you take something at its face value, you assume that it is genuinely what it appears to be.

  • Fade away

    Meaning : To be shrink

  • Fair and square

    Meaning : Honest

  • Fair play

    Meaning : Impartial treatment

  • Fair-weather friend

    Meaning : Someone who acts as a friend when times are good, and is not there when you are in trouble, is called a fair-weather friend.

  • Fait accompli

    Meaning : This French term refers to something that has been done and cannot be changed.

  • Fall at the first hurdle

    Meaning : If you fall at the first hurdle, you fail to overcome the first difficulty encountered.

  • Fall for someone

    Meaning : Be romanticallyinfatuated with

  • Fall from grace

    Meaning : To say that someone has fallen from grace means that they have done something wrong, immoral or unacceptable, and as a result have lost their good reputation.

  • Fall in with someone

    Meaning : Get to know by chance

  • Fall into one's lap

    Meaning : If something good falls into your lap, it happens to you without any effort on your part.

  • fall off

    Meaning : Decrease

  • Fall off the back of a lorry

    Meaning : If you buy goods that have fallen off the back of a lorry, they are stolen goods.

  • Fall on

    Meaning : To pounce eagirly

  • Fall on deaf ears

    Meaning : If something such as a suggestion or a request falls on deaf ears, it is ignored.

  • Fall on one's sword

    Meaning : If you fall on your sword, you take responsibility for, or accept the consequences of an unsuccessful or wrong action.

  • Fall out

    Meaning : To fight

  • Fall through

    Meaning : Not develop or take place

  • Fallen short of my expectations

    Meaning : has disappointed

  • Falling foul of

    Meaning : Quarrelling with

  • False move

    Meaning : In a dangerous or risky situation, if you make a false move, you do something which may have unpleasant consequences.

  • False pretences

    Meaning : If you obtain something under false pretences, you deceive others by lying about your identity, qualifications, financial or social position, in order to obtain what you want.

  • Fancy price

    Meaning : Very high cost

  • Far and away

    Meaning : Very much

  • Far and near

    Meaning : Everywhere

  • Far and wide

    Meaning : Far of places

  • Far cry

    Meaning : No easy transition

  • Far-fetched

    Meaning : Difficult to accept

  • Farm something out

    Meaning : If something such as work is farmed out, it is sent out to be done by others.

  • Fast living

    Meaning : A life given to pleasure

  • Feathering one's own nest

    Meaning : Making money unfairly

  • Fed up

    Meaning : Sick of

  • Feeding Frenzy

    Meaning : An aggressive attack on someone by a group

  • Feel blue

    Meaning : Feel sad and depressed

  • Feel puny

    Meaning : Feel unwell, ill

  • Fell flat

    Meaning : Caused no interest, produced no effect

  • Fender-bender

    Meaning : Automobile accident

  • Few and far between

    Meaning : Rarely

  • Field Day

    Meaning : An enjoyable day or circumstance

  • Fifth columnist

    Meaning : He who works against the interests of his own country

  • Fights shy of

    Meaning : Avoids from a feeling of mistrust, dislikes

  • Figure out

    Meaning : Find an answer by thinking about something

  • Fill in

    Meaning : Do a job temporarily

  • Finding Your Feet

    Meaning : To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing

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